Assessments
Name the assessment that we learned about that does not assess students, but rather assesses text.
Readability
Which kind of reading assessment is most commonly used for recording student progress in RTI Tier 1?
CBM
Stanford Achievement Tests, Iowa Achievement Tests and California Achievement Tests are all examples of what kind of test?
Norm-referenced assessments
With regard to reading, what can you do with the Ohio Achievement Tests or Norm-referenced tests?
Use to improve classroom instruction, use at the beginning of the next school year for large picture view of student ability
Your Kindergarten team leader has asked you to divide the books in your classroom library in a way that students will be able to select texts that they can read. What assessment might you use to accomplish this goal?
Readability or Leveled Book Levels
Name two types of assessments that are standardized tests which are not selected by the classroom teachers.
Norm-referenced & State tests
You are involved in universal testing for RTI Tier 1. Your school has chosen to use MAP as a CBM to monitor students’ reading progress over time, but you recognize that one type of testing will not be sufficient to show students’ abilities. What other assessment or assessments might you give periodically to give evidence for students reading progress AND to help guide your instruction?
Running records
DIBELS and Aimsweb are sets of parallel reading passages that students read aloud, and by which they are assessed for reading rate, decoding errors and comprehension. They are used to monitor progress over time. What are these type of assessments called?
Curriculum Based Measures
On what basis are students evaluated with Norm-referenced tests?
Based on nationally normed scores from the total number of students who have take the assessment
Which assessment is a set or collection of assessments that test a wide range of reading sub-skills?
Informal Reading Inventory
Which assessment is used to discover a student’s reading interests and habits?
Reading Interest Inventory
Freida is not making adequate progress in RTI Tier 2 intervention. The intervention team asks you to do some testing to identify her current ability in phonemic awareness, word attack skills and reading comprehension. What assessment includes all those assessments?
Informal Reading Inventory
You are given the task of dividing your third grade class of students into reading groups designed to address particular reading needs. What assessments might you use to accomplish this goal if you have no time to do one-on-one testing?
Cloze/Maze, CBM, State Assessment (at the beginning of the year)
When you arrive as a new teacher in your 2nd grade classroom, you get a set of results from the previous year’s Ohio Achievement tests. It indicates that 1/3 of your class is working at the accelerate/advanced stage, 1/3 is proficient and 1/3 is working at the limited or basic stage. How will you use these results? What is your next step?
Use them to develop initial groups for learning, use as a basis for choosing further assessments
Which assessment does not require a specialized test form and can be done whenever a student is reading aloud?
Running Records
What is the kind of reading assessment that uses one of four different systems (for example Guided Reading, Grade Level Equivalents) to assist students to do reading of a range of texts at their instructional level?
Running Records
Your RTI Intervention team is debating which one reading assessment will be able to adequately test all the students’ reading abilities and progress across the school year. What will you tell them?
CBM, MAPS, or Running Records
Name two types of assessments that teachers are likely to have available to them at the beginning of a school year and which may give them helpful information with regard to their students’ reading abilities.
CBM from the previous year, State Assessment
Which assessment may be given as an interview, and used not only to find out about a student’s reading history, but also to evaluate their oral language abilities?
Reading Interest Inventory
Describe which standardized test you can use to recommend students for RTI Tier 2.
Curriculum Based Measures
What kinds of assessments may be used for documenting reading progress over time? Name 3.
Running Record, Cloze, Maze, Informal Reading Inventory, CBM
Erianna is receiving small group, intensive intervention as part of the RTI process. She has failed to meet both the required performance level and the rate of growth. What RTI level is she currently in? What is your recommendation for moving to the next level?
2, Should move to Tier 3 and be assessed for special education
Name two assessments that MUST be administered one-on-one.
Running Records, Informal Reading Inventory, Diagnostic Decoding Survey, Observation Survey Assessments
Your school has implemented an after-school reading program to encourage independent reading. Your supervisor has asked you to do some assessments that will allow the school to purchase appropriate books for the students. What assessments might you use? Explain your answer.
Running Records, Diagnostic Decoding Survey, Cloze/Maze, Reading Interest Inventory
You have 2 students in your class who are on IEPs for reading difficulties. The Intervention Specialist has asked you to evaluate the students’ abilities to independently read the new Social Studies text. Suggest an assessment by which you might accomplish this.
Running Record